Andrew Barton Peterson

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    Once a jolly swagman camped by a billabong
    Under the shade of a coolibah tree;
    —Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)

    Waltzing Matilda, Waltzing Matilda,
    Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?
    And he sang as he watched and waited while his billy boiled:
    ‘Who’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me?’
    Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)

    ... it has always proved that the grandeur of a nation was shown by the respect paid to woman.
    —Clara Barton (1821–1912)

    And his ghost may be heard as you pass by that billabong,
    ‘You’ll come a-waltzing Matilda with me!’
    —Andrew Barton Peterson (1864–1941)